Road to Spring 2020

Welcome all to the Road to Spring 2019 thread! If you live on the other side of the equator just pretend it says Fall! Whether new to fitness or old hands, post here your fitness, exercise, nutrition, weight gain/loss goals and updates for the next three months! Post what you did today. A long walk counts as fitness! Read and contribute here for inspiration and information with other members. Good luck!

Hola all! First day on the new road! So biceps and triceps today. Went really well! Added on some heavier weight here and there. Tomorrow’s routine is Legs and Forearms. I’ll be skipping barbell squats though. I can get on just as good a workout using a dumbbell. Goblet squats they call them.

I think I’m just going to continue on doing what I’ve been doing for another month or so this road. Gaining strength is kind of fun. At some point I’m going to have to slim down though. I looked at my workout log and I’ve put on about 45-50 pounds since January 2019. Ugh. How to lose it without losing all the muscle too though. Won’t be fun!

Hola all! Glad to see people on the new Road! Leg and Forearms day for me. Went well. I skipped barbell squats and did the old heavy dumbbell goblet squats instead. I wasn’t that happy about those. Even sinking down low, I felt like they were working out my quads and not the glutes and hips. I think doing squats with the slam ball worked better. Anyway, maybe next time I’ll try barbell squats again. Tomorrow’s routine will be Chest and a few minutes of Abs. I’ve got to start somewhere with those!

Hola all and happy Monday. Chest day. Had my heaviest bench routine so far. Part of me frets about whether I should be trying to go this heavy every workout. After fifty, sometimes things can snap unexpectedly. No fun after that! Anyway, after regular bench presses I tried guillotine presses. They’re supposed to focus on your chest more than regular bench presses that involve your shoulders and arms a lot. You bring the bar down to your neck and press there. As long as you have a spotter or safety bars they’re safe. I didn’t go heavy and tried them and I dunno. They felt mostly the same. Meh. Tomorrow’s routine is Back. I think I’ll start doing my deadlifts again for a change. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Hey Ringo123. Have you thought about seeing a sports doctor about your leg? Or maybe that’s who you’re consulting now anyway. I hope as thinking they might have a better perspective on things.

Evening all! Glad to see everyone doing so great!!! Chest tonight.... Decided to go heavy to shake things up. Went not too good. Got to 305 and got a single.... And it felt way harder than it should of. Did 3 sets of chain failure bench sets afterwards. Wanted 5. Did pushups and bag work after for cardio.... Wanted 5 sets of that and got 3 and a partial. Whole house (excluding oldest kid) spent the weekend sick and still getting over this upper respiratory virus one of us picked up. Thought lifting would kinda perk me up but guess not tonight. Oh well. Gonna hopefully do deadlifts and back tommorow. Well see how that goes . Hope all of you have a great day and night!

Evening all! Midwest yeah the virus is all over here too. No way to avoid it. Glad to see everyone kicking butt like normal!!! Keep it up! New set of deadlifts tonight. Things felt heavier than I thought they should of. My last set was 505. Almost got a double out of it! So close. Goal was 3. Oh well. My form is breaking down after the 1st rep the heavier I go. Might have to send my trainer bud a text and see if he has any advice. Still not getting my hips involved soon enough I think. Need to bring legs and hips together into this or I'm gonna be stuck for awhile at this weight. Definitely need to work on my timing. Other than that felt ok. Tore the hell out of a callous so need to trim that off and got to clean my bar off which is due anyway. Not sure what I'm lifting tommorow night. Hope all of you have an awesome night and a awesome Christmas!!!

Hola all! Back workout day. Went really well! Did 4 sets of deadlifts and felt good doing them. I’d have gone heavier but I started out too light and four sets was enough for the day! When I quit doing them a while ago i just had no strength doing them. I think taking a month off every so often and going light is a good idea for me. Anyway rest of the routines went well too. After the back stuff I had lots of gift wrapping to do. Wasn’t easy! Tomorrow’s routine may be Delts or may be nothing at all. Family gatherings can wear me out sometimes. Ugh.

Merry Christmas all! We had our celebration this last weekend and one more this coming so today not much going on. Took the dog for a hike. In a TShirt! So odd for this time of year where I live. Came home and did shoulders, went good! Did 7 rounds of farmer carries, tire hammer and bag work in a circuit for cardio..... I am absolutely whooped!! Gonna take it easy and hang out with the wife and little man. Hope all of you have a great day!!!!!!

Butcher- it was in the 60's here and it will be tomorrow too! Great workout!! That had to feel awesome.

I wanted to walk on the treadmill this morning because the gym is closed but then I remembered I put up the treadmill for the Christmas tree. Then I got busy with family so I didn't workout . I did get rid of the junk and froze what I wanted!! YEAH... that feels like a victory.

Hola all! Look at all the people working out on Christmas! Great job! I did not. Took a lazy day. Santa brought me a new insert for my gas fireplace. If I just disappear from the thread, mistakes were made hooking it up! So today’s routine was Delts. Went well! I’m back to the most I was doing back in October as far as overhead presses go. Who knows about the side and rear Delts. It depends so much on how I do them it’s hard to compare progress. Anyway, all done. Tomorrow’s routine is biceps and triceps. I hope everyone had a great Christmas Day!